The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
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The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
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The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat — Andy Weir, The Martian
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The NSA?""Yeah, they called and offered to help out. Same software they use for enhancing spy satellite imagery."Venkat shrugged. "It's amazing how much red tape gets cut when everyone's rooting for one man to survive.

— Andy Weir, The Martian
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